Keyboard Manifesto now online

By S Simmons. Filed in Blogs and links, Final Cut Pro, The Editblog on PVC  |  
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I believe I posted this link over to the Keyboard Manifesto at the Editblog on PVC a bit after it came out but since the blog was being hacked for nearly a week it seems to be gone. Here’s an excerpt:

When it comes to increased productivity and better efficiency while editing, saving time every place an editor can will help increase that productivity and efficiency. And we all know saving time is the client’s favorite thing as saving time means saving money. My favorite time saver in Final Cut Pro has been to remap the majority of the default keyboard setup. Since I began using FCP way back around 1999, one of my earliest thoughts was that the default keys weren’t very well thought out.

The Keyboard Manifesto makes a case for remapping the default Final Cut Pro keyboard to something that is much more geared toward editing efficiency and not just remembering where the commands are on the keyboard are located by their first letter.

If you’re coming to NAB I’ll be doing a presentation on this very topic at the Final Cut Pro User Group Network SuperBooth on Wednesday, April 22nd at 2:00 PM. There are presentations going on at the SuperBooth throughout the week and I am honored to do the same. The entire schedule is available at this pdf link.

2 comments to “Keyboard Manifesto now online”

  1. Comment by Luke Holzmann:

    Custom hotkeys is so important, and makes editing so much faster!

    ~Luke

  2. Comment by Anthony Baird:

    Couldn’t agree more. Tried to Blog about it but I wasn’t able to get the right message across and balance out the humor/fustration and helpful hints.
    Oh well good job on this Manifesto. Drinking Kool Aid.